Disappearing ironing-board attachment for kitchen-tables.



, L. SPADY.

DISAPPEARING IRONING BOARD ATTACHMENT FOR KITCHEN TABLES.

APPLICATION FILED IULYT4, 1914.

LMLQAL 31. Patented May 25, 1915.

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WITNESSES: WEA/70H L.. SPADY. DISAPPEARING IRONING BOARD ATTACHMENT FOR KITCHEN TABLES.

Patented. May 25, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED IULYI4, 1914?.

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WTVESSES.' am @i M LUDWIG SPADY, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

DISAPPEARING IRONING-BOARD ATTACHMENT FOR KITCHEN-TABLES.

Macaira Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented May 25, T915.

Application iled July 14, 1914. Serial No. 851,003.

To cZZ whom t may concern Be it known that I, LUDWIG SPADY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Portland, county of Multnomah, State of Oregon, have invented a certain neu7 and useful Improvement in Disappearing Ironing-Board Attachments for Kitchen- Tables, oit which the following is a specilication.

rThe object of my invention is to provide the ordinary kitchen table with an ironing board supported under the table-top, sliding in and out under the latter, and provided with means for supporting the board in horizontal position from the table when pulled out. In this way the ironing board is never in the way, is protected from dust when not used, and is ready for use as soon as pulled out from the table, without requiring a chair or other support.

rThe details of construction and operation of my invention are hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a side elevation of a table provided with my ironing board attachment, which is shown on the right-hand pulled out and supported in horizontal position, as in practice, by the means with which it is for that purpose provided; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of my device approximately taken on line 2 2 of Figs. 3 and 4; Fig. 3 is a bottom view of my device; and Fig. 4 is a section taken on the dotted line 4 of Fig. 8.

A represents a table, of ordinary form, comprising legs, Z), to-p c, side frame members p, and end frame members p. Under the top, near the sides, are aflixed longitudinal guidebars CZ, cZ, slotted at e. A transverse carrier f, made with laterally projecting portions sliding in the slots, c, e, of the guide-bars cZ, ZZ', has aiiixed to it one end of an ironing board g. On the under side of the ironing board is aHixed, by a hinge h, a strut z'. This strut has a rectangular portion cut out, as at j in Fig. 3, and in such cut-out part is pivoted, by means of a pivot la, a leg Z. The leg has a rectangular portion m, out out so as to accommodate the stops, a, n, aliixed to the under side of the ironing board. Compare Figs. l, 3 and 4. The end of the strut, z', has a closing piece, 0, aiiixed to it, which closing-piece constitutes the closure for the opening through the side frame member p of the table to the guide-bars CZ, CZ. The latter are preferably made of two pieces fastened at their ends` between the table frame members p', p, as shown in Fig. 3. The opening to the guide element for the sliding board is made just large enough to receive the latter, therefore the carrier f acts as a stop preventing the ironing board being entirely drawn out from the table. The closing-piece, 0, is for convenience made with a hand-hole g, as shown in Fig. 8, which also accommodates the nose of the ironing board g.

The operation of vmy device is as follows: Seizing the closing piece, o, of the strut, z', by the hand, the latter is pulled out as far as it can go, the ironing board being meanwhile held by the carrier, f, and the latter serving as a stop, as mentioned. The strut is then dropped and the leg, Z, arranged to support the ironing board in a horizontal position, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

I claim:

l. T he combination with a table, of guide l elements extending under the table-top, a board slidably supported by such guide elements, a stop preventing the board being entirely withdrawn from the table, a strut hinged to the inner end of the board, a lleg pivoted to the strut, a stop on the under side of the board for receiving the top of the leg, and a closing piece aiixed on the free end of the strut ior closing the opening to said guide elements through the table frame.

2. The combination with a table, of guide elements extending under the table-top, a carrier slidably supported by such guide elements, a board ailixed at one end to the carrier, a strut hinged to the inner end of the board, a leg pivoted to the strut, and a closing piece affixed on the free end of the strut for closing the opening to said guide elements through the table frame.

3. The combination with a table, of guide bars arranged under the table top and near the sides, a carrier slidably supported by such guide-bars, the latter comprising each two pieces spaced apart, and the carrier having laterally extending portions sliding in the space between the pieces of the guide bars, a board aflixed at one end of the carrier, a strut hinged to the inner end of the board, a leg pivoted to the strut, and a closing piece ailixed on the free end of the strut for closing the opening to said guide elements through the table frame.

4. The combination with a table, of guide bars arranged under the table top and near the sides, a carrier slidably supported by such guide bars, the latter comprising each two pieces spaced apart, and they carrier having laterally extending portions sliding in the space between the pieces of theguide bars, a board aiHXed at one end to the carrier, a strut hinged to the inner end-of the board, the strut having a longitudinal portion out out, a leg pivoted in such cut-out Copies of this patent he obtained .for iii-ve` cents eaeli, ty addressing the part of Vthe strut, a stop on the under side of the board for receiving the top of the leg, and a closing piece affixed on the free end of the Strut `for Closing the opening to said guide elements through the table frame.

LUDWIG SPADY.

Witnesses;

WM. C. SCHMITT, CEGIL LONG.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

